Jointer or Thicknesser

**adrian** · 26th May 2005, 03:35 PM

Ease up ladies. Why don't we all just assume that a person who posts a query on a particular piece of machinery has already done a search and hasn't found what they were looking for, or the relavent posts were too old to be about current models.
I've done searches many times and have found many to be too old to be of value. Then I post a query and I'm told to do a search. By way of example, it is irksome sometimes after I've trawled through a number of threads on the VM120 and read 50 posts only to find that most just say something like "it's better than the VM120."
B.Js post was very specific and I don't think it's reasonable to assume that he will be able to do a search on the relative merits of a thicknesser over a jointer and which one would be the best to puchase first.

PS. The search on jointers cuts out at 500 posts and ditto for thicknessers. That's a couple of days work.

**silentC** · 26th May 2005, 03:43 PM

Why don't we all just assume that a person who posts a query on a particular piece of machinery has already done a search and hasn't found what they were looking for, or the relavent posts were too old to be about current models.

I've got a better idea. How about the people who get all bent out of shape because someone suggests they do a search go and sit outside and enjoy the fresh air for awhile before they fall victim to some stress-related disease.

See, I'd like to be a mind reader and know what people on the other side of the Internet have and haven't done, what they know and don't know - but I'm not and I don't.

It would also help to learn a bit about how search engines work and how to limit your results. How do you lot get on with Google for christ's sake?

**B.J.Honeycut** · 26th May 2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by silentC

It would also help to learn a bit about how search engines work and how to limit your results. How do you lot get on with Google for christ's sake?

Mate I've got a computer science degree and work as a Unix Systems Administrator. I think I know how to "do a search" in fact I could probably code up this entire Forum. Still doesn't help me read through heaps of irrelivant posts any faster.

P.S. I realise that you too obviously work in the computing field.

**silentC** · 26th May 2005, 04:12 PM

Still doesn't help me read through heaps of irrelivant posts any faster

Well now you are officially part of the problem.

Truce!!!!!

**craigb** · 26th May 2005, 04:13 PM

O.K.

You can either have a helpful reply like silentC gave you, including the suggestion that you do a search, or we can just ignore you because your question has been asked a heap of times before.

Which would you prefer?

**B.J.Honeycut** · 26th May 2005, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by craigb

O.K.

You can either have a helpful reply like silentC gave you, including the suggestion that you do a search, or we can just ignore you because your question has been asked a heap of times before.

Which would you prefer?

Personaly I'd rather be ignored. If your only response is to state the blatantly obvious "do a search" then by all means ignore me. Because either way your input is just as helpful.

**B.J.Honeycut** · 26th May 2005, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by silentC

Truce!!!!!

I'm up for a truce. In fact I never wanted to go to war with anyone in the first place. I'm sure from now on every time I post a new topic someone will tell me to "do a search" but I can live with that.

**craigb** · 26th May 2005, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by B.J.Honeycut

Personaly I'd rather be ignored.

Consider it done.

**Iain** · 26th May 2005, 05:21 PM

**Tiger** · 26th May 2005, 05:41 PM

Definitely the thicknesser as it's the only quick way of achieving the thickness that is desired. There are many low cost substitutes for jointing timber.

As for advising to do a search. How do you know a search wasn't done? Maybe the information was out of date!! Maybe some people don't know you can do a search. Forums depend on interaction.

**Sturdee** · 26th May 2005, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by craigb

Consider it done.

Ditto.

Peter.

**Zed** · 26th May 2005, 06:36 PM

bloody hell. I thought Steptoe was champion thread hijacker!!!

please click on my autosignature for my thoughts on this search waffle...

**Cagey** · 26th May 2005, 06:49 PM

I just did a search for my joints thickness but had no luck

**Gumby** · 26th May 2005, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by craigb

Consider it done.

Me too

**E. maculata** · 26th May 2005, 07:02 PM

I found that doing a search on google using the same terms sometimes narrows it down as well

......................................to the nearest million.

By the way jointing is easily done with handtools(dam you Darth Derek and your logic of the dark), thicknessing is much harder to do without the lightside type, so guess what I did.

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